The Vagabond in Literature. Arthur Compton-Rickett

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       Arthur Compton-Rickett

      The Vagabond in Literature

      Published by Good Press, 2021

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      EAN 4057664610164

Table of Contents

       FOREWORD

       INTRODUCTION the vagabond element in modern literature

       I

       II

       III

       IV

       V

       VI

       VII

       I WILLIAM HAZLITT

       I

       II

       III

       IV

       V

       II THOMAS DE QUINCEY

       I

       II

       III

       IV

       V

       III GEORGE BORROW

       I

       II

       III

       IV

       IV HENRY D. THOREAU

       I

       II

       III

       IV

       V ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

       I

       II

       III

       IV

       V

       VI

       VI RICHARD JEFFERIES

       I

       II

       III

       IV

       V

       VII WALT WHITMAN

       I

       II

       III

       IV

       SOME PRESS APPRECIATIONS of “PERSONAL FORCES IN MODERN LITERATURE”

FOREWORD

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      In the introductory paper to this volume an attempt is made to justify the epithet “Vagabond” as applied to writers of a certain temperament. This much may be said here: the term Vagabond is used in no derogatory sense. Etymologically it signifies a wanderer; and such is the meaning attached to the term in the following pages. Differing frequently in character and in intellectual power, a basic similarity of temperament gives the various writers discussed a remarkable spiritual affinity. For in each one the wandering instinct is strong. Sometimes it may take a physical, sometimes an intellectual expression—sometimes both. But always it shows itself, and always it is opposed to the routine and conventions of ordinary life.

      These papers are primarily studies in temperament; and the literary aspects have been subordinated to the personal element. In fact, they are studies of certain forces in modern literature, viewed from a special standpoint. And the standpoint